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GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — South Carolina’s Chief Administrative Law Judge has upheld DeBordieu Colony Community Association’s permit for beach nourishment. The plan includes placement of up to 650,000 cubic yards of sand and three groins on DeBordieu Beach at the southern end of the development. The groins will be built perpendicular to the beach… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — Town commissioners voted 5-0 Tuesday night to concur with the Carteret County Beach Commission’s recommendation to not opt into a federal beach nourishment program for Bogue Banks. The vote came during the Emerald Isle Board of Commissioners’ monthly meeting, conducted on GoToMeeting. Commissioner Jim Normile, who is vice chairperson of the beach panel,… Read More
As the cost of offshore wind power has been driven down by Europe and China, companies in the US are planning enough capacity to power millions of homes. Americans owe Europe a thank you. Two decades ago, Germany’s new renewable energy feed-in tariff stimulated the market for rooftop solar power. A decade ago, Denmark, Germany and… Read More
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard will bring a less militaristic face to the persistent global presence of U.S. naval power outlined in the new Tri-Service Maritime Strategy, the Coast Guard’s commandant says. The strategy, unveiled in mid-December, seeks an integrated, all-domain naval power consisting of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard,… Read More
A contractor dredging the Schuylkill along Philadelphia’s iconic Boathouse Row has stopped work, claiming it needs more money to continue working after it found too much large debris such as telephone poles at the bottom. The delay has raised the ire of the Schuylkill Navy and local rowing community, which says racing lanes and other… Read More
20 navigation channels selected as part of 3-phase dredging program included in $300 million resiliency and economic development initiative Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday today dredging has begun at Little Sodus Bay, a navigation channel in Cayuga County, used by boaters to access Lake Ontario from Little Sodus Bay. The accumulation of silt, sand and… Read More
The largest U.S. offshore wind contract to date is a centerpiece of Gov. Cuomo’s new call for expanded clean energy investment. The state of New York has awarded 2.5 gigawatts of offshore wind projects to developers Equinor and BP, the largest yet in the state’s massive offshore wind build-out and one of the single largest… Read More
DOVER – City officials are working on the development of an intermunicipal agreement with nearby cities and towns to share the costs of implementing the recently issued Great Bay Total Nitrogen General Permit. The permit is designed to reduce pollution in Great Bay, one of the largest estuaries in the Northeast. Dover City Manager Michael… Read More
Certain letters on the keyboard of the Beacon-issued MacBook I’ve been using these past few years are starting to fade from overuse. They’re mostly the ones used to spell out the words “dredge” and “dredging.” The G and I are still visible, but the D, R, E and N have seen better days. I know… Read More
ATLANTIC BEACH — The Atlantic Beach Town Council is backing the Carteret County Beach Commission in its decision to maintain the existing master plan to nourish and maintain the beaches of Bogue Banks. The council met Monday for its regular meeting at the town boardroom at 1010 West Fort Macon Road and online via Zoom…. Read More
EAST SANDWICH — In mid-December a powerful storm coupled with unusually high tides damaged a number of properties along Salt Marsh Road, including their foundations. One house was condemned. The homes on Springhill Beach are part of an ongoing story of beach erosion in the area. “There is no new normal,” said David DeConto, director of natural resources… Read More
GRAND ISLE, La. – A big project is underway in Grand Isle to restore more than a mile of beach. The water is part of what makes Grand Isle special, but over time, mother nature has robbed the area of precious coastline. Chip Cline with the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority said, “The beach we… Read More
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Restoration is underway at the state bird’s only breeding site in southwest Louisiana, the Louisiana Coastal Restoration and Protection Authority said. Rabbit Island is also where about 180 brown pelicans and 140 smaller birds were released in 2010 after oil from the BP spill was washed off of them. Spill… Read More
The city of Paducah is taking more steps to prepare for its planned dredging project on a large sediment deposit near the riverfront’s transient boat dock. Officials introduced an ordinance Tuesday night for a $266,250 professional services agreement with HDR Engineering, Inc., in reference to the dredging project. It’s to prepare permits that will be… Read More
The Sand at Encinitas Jayme Timberlake — tide-watcher, restoration ecologist, avid surfer — light-foots it down Encinitas’s iconic Stone Steps. She’s barefoot, having kicked off her shoes and left them on the sand-dusted floor of her truck cab. Desk-chained me follows, white legs and black tennies. We gaze up at the sentinel sandstone cliff-backs beside… Read More